First I love the willow color...it is I would call it an antique green. The yarn has a nice sheen, but not shiny. My only problem with this yarn is that they have alot of knots...I think out of 8 skeins, two were free of knots. One section had a 2 ft. section held together by one frayed ply...that was bad. If you are good at splice yarn its otherwise nice yarn.